Ngiri language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Baloi

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Baloi (also Baato Baloi, Boloi, Loi or Rebu ) is a Bantu language spoken by about 20,000 people ( 2002 census ) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spoken. It is distributed in the Equateur province around the city Bomongo.

Classification

Baloi is a Northwest Bantu language and is part of the Bangi - Ntomba group that is classified as Guthrie Zone C40. Within the language group it is next to the languages ​​Libinza, Likila, and Ndobo to Ngiri languages.

She has the dialects Dzamba ( Jamba ), Loi, Makutu and Mampoko. Baloi is similar to the languages ​​Likila and Ndobo.

Language family Bangi–Ntomba languages Malcolm Guthrie
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